asto

See also: as to

Basque

Alternative forms

• arsto (Souletin)

Etymology

Uncertain. At least two proposals exist:

1. from Spanish asno or Latin asinus, although phonetically improbable;
2. from hartz (“bear”) +‎ -to (diminutive suffix), phonetically impeccable, but semantically strange.

If the second is correct, then may be related to Aquitanian *asto, found in *Asto-ilunno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as̺to/, [as̺.t̪o̞]

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Noun

asto anim

1. donkey

Declension

Declension of asto (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	asto	astoa	astoak
ergative	astok	astoak	astoek
dative	astori	astoari	astoei
genitive	astoren	astoaren	astoen
comitative	astorekin	astoarekin	astoekin
causative	astorengatik	astoarengatik	astoengatik
benefactive	astorentzat	astoarentzat	astoentzat
instrumental	astoz	astoaz	astoez
inessive	astorengan	astoarengan	astoengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	astorengana	astoarengana	astoengana
terminative	astorenganaino	astoarenganaino	astoenganaino
directive	astorenganantz	astoarenganantz	astoenganantz
destinative	astorenganako	astoarenganako	astoenganako
ablative	astorengandik	astoarengandik	astoengandik
partitive	astorik	—	—
prolative	astotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “asto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia

Franco-Provençal

Verb

asto (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

1. Alternative form of achetar (“to buy”) documented in the following location(s): Belleroche

Javanese

Romanization

asto

1. Nonstandard spelling of asta. Romanization of ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠ

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsto

Etymology

From ad- +‎ stō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.toː/, [ˈäs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.to/, [ˈäst̪o]

Verb

astō (present infinitive astāre, perfect active astitī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to stand at, on, by

   Synonym: stō

2. to be present

   Synonyms: subsum, adsum, stō, exstō

   Antonym: desum

3. to stand near, stand close to

   Synonyms: immineō, contingō, īnstō

   Antonyms: dissideō, distō

4. to be standing, upright
5. to assist

Conjugation

Conjugation of astō (first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	astō	astās	astat	astāmus	astātis	astant
	imperfect	astābam	astābās	astābat	astābāmus	astābātis	astābant
	future	astābō	astābis	astābit	astābimus	astābitis	astābunt
	perfect	astitī	astitistī	astitit	astitimus	astitistis	astitērunt, astitēre
	pluperfect	astiteram	astiterās	astiterat	astiterāmus	astiterātis	astiterant
	future perfect	astiterō	astiteris	astiterit	astiterimus	astiteritis	astiterint
passive	present	—	—	astātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	astābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	astābitur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	astem	astēs	astet	astēmus	astētis	astent
	imperfect	astārem	astārēs	astāret	astārēmus	astārētis	astārent
	perfect	astiterim	astiterīs	astiterit	astiterīmus	astiterītis	astiterint
	pluperfect	astitissem	astitissēs	astitisset	astitissēmus	astitissētis	astitissent
passive	present	—	—	astētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	astārētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	astā	—	—	astāte	—
	future	—	astātō	astātō	—	astātōte	astantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		astāre	astitisse	—	astārī	—	—
participles		astāns	—	—	—	—	astandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		astandī	astandō	astandum	astandō	—	—

Derived terms

• astator
• astatus

Descendants

• Aromanian: adastu, adãstari
• Romanian: adăsta, adăstare

References

• asto in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “asto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “asto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• asto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.